Railways gave 350,000 jobs since 2014, hiring for 140,000 underway: Vaishaw
The Indian Railways has provided employment to 3,50,204 people so far between 2014 and 2022 and the process of recruiting 1.4 lakh more people is currently underway, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Rajya Sabha.
Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the minister said Indian Railways has been a major contributor in providing employment to people in the country and in this year alone 18,000 jobs have been provided.
“Between 2014 to 2022, the Indian Railways has provided employment to 3,50,204 people,” the minister said.
He said as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of providing 10 lakh jobs, the Railways has a major contribution in that too and it will be providing one lakh and 40,000 jobs under it.
